Rationale for the diabetic retinopathy clinical research network treatment protocol for center-involved diabetic macular edema

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Aiello, Lloyd Paul ^a   Beck, Roy W ^b   Bressler, Neil M ^c   Browning, David J ^d,h   Chalam, K V ^e   Davis, Matthew ^f   Ferris, Frederick L ^g   Glassman, Adam R ^b   Maturi, Raj K ^h   Stockdale, Cynthia R ^b   Topping, Trexler M ⁱ  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Philadelphia Ear   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston ^*

ⁱ OPHTHALMIC CONSULTANTS OF BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE; RANIBIZUMAB;

ALGORITHM; ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; ONLINE SYSTEM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THICKNESS; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 82755164498     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.09.058     Document Type: Article

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